{"id":"usfs-pf-{55F6F0D6-F6E9-4A55-8257-801DC7AAE1DD}","slug":"rio-grande-national-forest","name":"Rio Grande National Forest","designation":"National Forest","category":"national-forest","categoryLabel":"National Forest","agency":{"code":"USFS","name":"USDA Forest Service","department":"U.S. Department of Agriculture","url":"https://www.fs.usda.gov"},"managedBy":[{"code":"USFS","name":"USDA Forest Service","department":"U.S. Department of Agriculture","url":"https://www.fs.usda.gov","unitCode":"{55F6F0D6-F6E9-4A55-8257-801DC7AAE1DD}","designation":"National Forest","sourceId":"usfs-pf-{55F6F0D6-F6E9-4A55-8257-801DC7AAE1DD}"}],"states":["CO","NM"],"stateNames":["Colorado","New Mexico"],"location":{"lat":37.7023,"lon":-106.6806},"bbox":[-107.559,36.9938,-105.4766,38.4582],"acres":{"value":1937386,"kind":"gis","source":"USFS proclaimed national forest boundaries"},"firstProtected":null,"established":null,"administrations":[],"designationHistory":[],"summary":null,"summarySource":null,"guide":{},"trConnection":null,"trConnections":[{"id":"ppl-f-rio-grande","type":"protected","label":"Protected by T.R.","date":null,"then":"Rio Grande National Forest","thenKind":"forest reserve","text":"As President, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed or enlarged the reserve that became it.","note":"Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-A13-PURL-gpo38052","name":"govinfo.gov"},{"name":"Roosevelt’s Public Lands","url":"https://publiclands.labs.trlibrary.com/#place=f-rio-grande"}],"dataset":"publiclands","reviewed":true},{"id":"ea-eo-887","type":"executive-action","label":"Traces to a T.R. proclamation or order","date":"1908-07-01","document":"Executive Order 887","title":"Rio Grande National Forest, Colo., Created","relation":"began with this document","text":"Executive Order 887 (1908-07-01): “Rio Grande National Forest, Colo., Created.” Today’s site began with this document.","note":"Still a separate, discrete national forest.","sources":[{"name":"Executive Order 887 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations","url":"https://executiveactions.labs.trlibrary.com/document.html?id=eo-887"},{"name":"research entry"}],"dataset":"executiveactions","reviewed":true},{"id":"ea-proc-831","type":"executive-action","label":"Traces to a T.R. proclamation or order","date":"1908-12-07","document":"Proclamation 831","title":"Setting Aside the Wheeler National Monument, Colorado","relation":"absorbed into it","text":"Proclamation 831 (1908-12-07): “Setting Aside the Wheeler National Monument, Colorado.” Today’s site absorbed into it.","note":"Wheeler Geologic Area.","sources":[{"name":"Proclamation 831 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations","url":"https://executiveactions.labs.trlibrary.com/document.html?id=proc-831"},{"name":"Act of August 3, 1950, 64 Stat. 405"}],"dataset":"executiveactions","reviewed":true}],"trTypes":["protected","executive-action"],"links":{"official":null,"social":{},"recreationGov":null,"alltrails":null,"alltrailsExplore":"https://www.alltrails.com/explore?b_tl_lat=38.4582&b_tl_lng=-107.559&b_br_lat=36.9938&b_br_lng=-105.4766","recreationGovSearch":"https://www.recreation.gov/search?q=Rio%20Grande%20National%20Forest","directions":"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=37.7023,-106.6806"},"images":[],"activities":[],"topics":[],"fees":[],"passes":[],"hours":[],"directions":null,"weatherInfo":null,"contacts":null,"visitorCenters":[],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"monte-vista-national-wildlife-refuge","km":58},{"slug":"baca-national-wildlife-refuge","km":79},{"slug":"chimney-rock-national-monument","km":80},{"slug":"alamosa-national-wildlife-refuge","km":86},{"slug":"san-juan-national-forest","km":89},{"slug":"great-sand-dunes-national-park-and-preserve","km":96}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"USFS proclaimed national forest boundaries","url":"https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_ProclaimedForestBoundaries_01/MapServer/0"},"sources":[{"name":"USFS proclaimed national forest boundaries","url":"https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_ProclaimedForestBoundaries_01/MapServer/0"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:13:18.555Z","alerts":[],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/rio-grande-national-forest/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/rio-grande-national-forest.geojson"}